Anybody read Franklin W. Dixon? When I was a kid I started reading the damned Hardy Boys. I loved old Frank and Joe. I owned every Hardy Boys book in the series…well at the time there were only 58 titles plus the Detective Handbook. Due to money and contracts and “business,� the series was exp...

Now that I’ve taken a few days to let my hand heal up, I can get back to regular non-Blogging. At least now, I can almost hold the guitar. In other Casa Del Montana news, my daughter has begun her soccer season. She had to sit out the fall season because of the arm breakage. She has won her first ...

The warm weather has got me thinking about starting that garden I have been thinking about. I mean a real garden too. Last year I just put a couple of tomato plants in a planter on the deck. The tomatoes were indeed awesome. But I want some snap beans and carrots and maybe some silver queen corn. It...

You can learn about everything on the interweb. As long as you know what to search for, almost all knowledge is now online. If things are still confusing for you after reading about it, then find a visual representation on YouTube. Every kind in instructional video is available on YouTube now…as l...

Ouch! Motherfucker! god damn it! Cocksucker! Fuck! At least I think that was the order of words I shouted after I grabbed the falling 500 degree iron skillet loaded with marinated London broil. Along with searing beef, the smell of searing Dax-flesh filled the kitchen/cooking arena. I saved my dinne...

It took a week for me to get the part, but mission accomplished. The washing machine that was broken is now officially fixed. Although, I maintain that I am still not handy. For those of you that are interested, it was the motor coupler that was broken in my direct drive washing machine. Evidently, ...

The specter of death has paid Casa del Montana a visit, at least some of us feel we wish we were dead. The lovely and talented Priscilla was diagnosed with the dreaded streptococcal bacteria, or strep throat. That leaves my lazy ass to deal with all the other duties of running the household. Tonight...

I was going to post about the awesome lasagna I’ve been making lately. I was going to tell you all about how I make it “from scratch�. Then I thought about what “from scratch� means. I really don’t know. Is it “from scratch� if I boil the noodles? Sure, I could make a pile of flour a...

Paul Harvey has passed away. That is the end of a radio legend. He was ninety years old and had just returned to broadcasting at least once a week. I really loved listening to Mr. Harvey. His voice brings up so many memories. I will miss hearing him. Just Damn!...

My new catalog arrived today, a wish book of sorts. Although it’s not the original wish book, the Sears Catalog, for me it is packed with plenty of wants. I don’t want the typical consumer goods. I want fruit trees. I think Stark Bros Nursery probably has the best selection. I’ve never been mu...